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  2. Eastern question - Wikipedia

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    The German government took over the re-organisation of the Ottoman military and financial system; in return, it received several commercial concessions, including permission to build the Baghdad Railway, which secured for them access to several important economic markets and opened the potential for German entry into the Persian Gulf area, then ...

  3. Foreign relations of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The foreign relations of the Ottoman Empire were characterized by competition with the Persian Empire to the east, Russia to the north, and Austria to the west. The control over European minorities began to collapse after 1800, with Greece being the first to break free, followed by Serbia. Egypt was lost in 1798–1805.

  4. Government of the classical Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The system functioned strictly for government purposes, and (ideally) the graduates were permanently devoted to government service and had no interest in forming relations with lower social groups. [2] The incoming students were called the inner boys (Ottoman Turkish: iç oğlanlar). It took seven years of professional development to graduate.

  5. Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Islamic legal system was set up differently from traditional European courts. Presiding over Islamic courts was a Qadi , or judge. Since the closing of the ijtihad , or 'Gate of Interpretation', Qadi s throughout the Ottoman Empire focused less on legal precedent, and more with local customs and traditions in the areas that they ...

  6. Government of the late Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Sublime Porte is a synecdoche to refer to the Ottoman government, a complex of buildings where the Grand Vizier and his cabinet was based. The Minister of War and Navy used to be picked by the Sultan instead of the Grand Vizier. However, in the early months of the Second Constitutional Era, Abdul Hamid, under pressure by the CUP was ...

  7. History of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    European states initiated efforts at this time to curb Ottoman control of the traditional overland trade routes between East Asia and Western Europe, which started with the Silk Road. Western European states began to avoid the Ottoman trade monopoly by establishing their own maritime routes to Asia through new discoveries at sea.

  8. Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The capitulations were initially made during the Ottoman Empire's military dominance, to entice and encourage commercial exchange with Western merchants. However, after military dominance shifted to Europe, significant economic and political advantages were granted to the European powers by the Ottoman Empire. [2]

  9. Treaty of Berlin (1878) - Wikipedia

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    Treaty between Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, for the Settlement of the Affairs of the East Southeastern Europe after the Congress of Berlin